The Portland daily press., 1887-07-04
PERSONAL AND Pc cULIAR.

Mrs. Cleveland has her say about refur-
nishing the White House. She selected the
new carpet for the East Room. 1t is of her
favorite colors, pale blue and rose pink.
1t is said that many society women in Chi
cago lost heavily by the break of the wheat
corner, and that in some cases their hus-
bands refused to SETTLE the losses.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg sailed for Eu-
rope on the North German Lloyd steamer
"Aller," June 20. She is going to London,
Paris and Carlsbad, and will return home in
September to make an extended Concert
tour under the management of Carl Stra-
kosch.
Woman's rights advocates look upon Mis-
sissippi with deal of hope. Its Legislature
has enacted law which permits a married
woman to make will in the same manner
as if she were unmarried, and saves a single
wOman's will from being revoked by her
subsequent marriage.
The new police-signal boxes in New York
are used for many purposes. On the night
of the McGlynn parade they tried the expert
ment Of sending reports of the progress and
condition of the procession to the station
house In the precinct. 1t was abundantly
successful.
The account of the Yale University exer-
cises states that one Of the best speeches of
the day was made by bon. Cassius M. Clay,
OF Kentucky. This is nothing strange, as
Mr.. Clay has delivered very many admira-
bic speeches since he went through the
North advocating Henry Clay's election in
1874. Cassius M. Clay will be seventy-seven
years Of age October 10th of this year.
A reminder of old times appears in the re-
portof a whaler arrived at New Bedford
from three years cruise. Over two-thirds
of her cargo was sperm oil, once an indica,
ton of fortune. But nowadays it is the pro-
portion of whale oil'' that tells the story, as
the creature that yields the sort so dfsting-
uished is the one from which whalebone Is
procured, product of far greater value now
than in the days when these sea monsters
supplied us with almost our only means fol
artificial lighting.
Mosquitoes have become so abundant in a
suburb Of London, that the vestry has taken
the matter up. There is considerable spec.
ulation, also many wild gGesses as to how
the singing things made their way to Eng
land. But some entomologists say that they
are only gnats, thirty-five varieties of which
are found in Europe. 1t is even claimed
that the mosquito "a Spanish word meaning
little ny" by the way is as much nativ,
OF England as of America, Africa, Green
land, or the north of Europe, where il
swarms In numbers and displays temper
| which compensates for the brief period it has
| to work its wicked will.
The very stylish wedding of Rev. Prescott
EvartS, son of Hon. VIM. Evarts, to veal
thy young lady of New Jersey, was in
marked contrast to the difficulties which sur
rounded the bridegroom's father when he OBJ
tanned his wife years ago in Windsor, VT
Eyarts had been there teaching school afteI
he had graduated from Yale, and becam,
very much enamored with a young lady, bu
her father, who was prudent and thrifty
| old person, demurred at the marriage, sayin,
that such poor, sickly young fellow as Ey
arts would not amount to anything. So the,
sent him to New York on sort of probation
AT the end of a years hard work there h
succeeded well enough to justify his being
| married. although even then it was will
some qualms that the lady's father consent
ed to it.